Nobel Lectures in Physiology or Medicine 1991-1995 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789810230616)

During the period 1991 - 1995, important areas of physiological/medical research being recognized were ion channels in cells, protein phosphorylation, split genes, G-proteins and genetic control of embryonic development. The following is a list of the Nobel laureates for those years, with a description of the works that won them their prizes: (1991) E NEHER & B SAKMANN -- for their discoveries concerning the function of single ion channels in cells; (1992) E H FISCHER & E G KREBS -- for their discoveries concerning reversible protein phosphorylation as a biological regulatory mechanism; (1993) R J ROBERTS & P A SHARP -- for their discoveries of split genes; (1994) A G GILMAN & M RODBELL -- for their discovery of G-proteins and the role of these proteins in signal transduction in cells; (1995) E B LEWIS, C NÜSSLEIN-VOLHARD & E F WIESCHAUS -- for their discoveries concerning the genetic control of early embryonic development.

Author: Nils Ringertz
ISBN-10: 9810230613
ISBN-13: 9789810230616
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Language: English
Published: 07/15/1997
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.99lbs
Size: 9.98h x 6.75w x 0.98d